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so the stakes are high for both candidates. for mitt romney, the town hall forum is tricky. there's been the criticism that he hasn't been able to relate to people. but he's been practicing, we've seen him do a lot of -- several town halls on the campaign trail. and so really it's anyone's game. >> let me read to you a little bit of the piece in politico. if obama has one main mission, it's figuring out how to call romney a liar to his face and make no mistake, the president thinks his opponent is a liar without making the country think it's obama who is nasty, men day issues and desperate. michael, is that part of the challenge tonight, does the format change how you can deliver those kinds of messages? >> i don't think it's that hard. you answer the question from the voter and then you pivot to addressing the deceptions of your opponent. i think you'll hear the liar charge from both tonight. i think the challenge for obama is a trap he fell into and actually enjoys. he prefers in these debates to talk policy and to sort of talk -- try and talk on the merits as if you're in
so the stakes are high for both candidates. for mitt romney, the town hall forum is tricky. there's been the criticism that he hasn't been able to relate to people. but he's been practicing, we've seen him do a lot of -- several town halls on the campaign trail. and so really it's anyone's game. >> let me read to you a little bit of the piece in politico. if obama has one main mission, it's figuring out how to call romney a liar to his face and make no mistake, the president thinks his...
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and he's in deep trouble in both of them. and when you have the governor of the state, kasich, who you were hoping was going to help you deliver the state, denying your comments, you know you've had a bad day. >> but he's got good news, the president is up by three. that's within the margin of error. and new hampshire -- he's up by three. let me go to you, richard. pawlenty is leaving. a lot of people, key advisers and pundits leaving. >> yep. >> how does one, that make him look, and two, how does it affect his campaign? >> the thing about the comments being put to other republicans, the 47% comment, is that it's become a litmus test of whether you're a serious mainstream republican or not. you never want the top of the ticket to be the measure and a bad measure of whether other republicans can get elected or not. so this has got to play itself out for a few more days. do you or don't you agree with mitt romney that the 47% of the country isn't worth bothering about? that is going to be asked of every single republican candid
and he's in deep trouble in both of them. and when you have the governor of the state, kasich, who you were hoping was going to help you deliver the state, denying your comments, you know you've had a bad day. >> but he's got good news, the president is up by three. that's within the margin of error. and new hampshire -- he's up by three. let me go to you, richard. pawlenty is leaving. a lot of people, key advisers and pundits leaving. >> yep. >> how does one, that make him...
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not mitt romney. i want to read an excerpt. i thought they both argued on behalf of the president's record thus far and argued sort of the counter factual option which is, if the key note of obama's administration has been public investment whether in infrastructure, education or health, the keynote of romney's candiedisy has been private equity. a democracy cannot lay off its failing citizens. it cannot be content to leave any of its citizens behind and not the 47% who romney wishes to fire from the policy. very strong words. we've gone back and forth about who mitt romney is and how the campaign portrayed him. a piece in "the new york times" saying maybe listen to bill clinton's advice about how to portray romney as a severe conservative was a bad idea. seems like they're back on the flip flopper this guy has no core message something they bandied about at the earlier stage of the election cycle. >> after -- as romney tacked to the center they did they suddenly said actually he has no core. the problem potentially is that to
not mitt romney. i want to read an excerpt. i thought they both argued on behalf of the president's record thus far and argued sort of the counter factual option which is, if the key note of obama's administration has been public investment whether in infrastructure, education or health, the keynote of romney's candiedisy has been private equity. a democracy cannot lay off its failing citizens. it cannot be content to leave any of its citizens behind and not the 47% who romney wishes to fire...
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. >>> we told you at the top of the show, president obama and mitt romney both campaigning in virginia right now. romney was there yesterday. the president will be there tomorrow. 2008 president obama became the first democrat to win virginia since lyndon johnson pulled the trick in 1964. you want to sound smart today tell your friends the closest a democrat came to winning virginia between '64 and 2008 was in 1976, when the eventual president jimmy carter lost to incumbent gerald ford by just one percentage point. that election marked the tightest popular vote margin in virginia in the past 100 years. enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch former republican candidates try, try to bring themselves to rally around mitt romney. newt gingrich, who ended his campaign on wednesday, had some tough things to say about mitt romney during the campaign. even calling him a liar at one point. gingrich was asked yesterday if he still believes that to be true. >> you still believe mitt romney's a liar? >> i still believe that the romney campaign said things that we
. >>> we told you at the top of the show, president obama and mitt romney both campaigning in virginia right now. romney was there yesterday. the president will be there tomorrow. 2008 president obama became the first democrat to win virginia since lyndon johnson pulled the trick in 1964. you want to sound smart today tell your friends the closest a democrat came to winning virginia between '64 and 2008 was in 1976, when the eventual president jimmy carter lost to incumbent gerald ford...
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romney's not embraced that at all. >> good luck tonight. thank you both. new next, tick tock, tick tock. let's clear the air from a mile up. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. (blo
romney's not embraced that at all. >> good luck tonight. thank you both. new next, tick tock, tick tock. let's clear the air from a mile up. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler...
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governor romney, what both are saying about their debate performance. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy, the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> last night i thought was a great opportunity for the american people to see two very din visions for the country. and i think it was helpful to be able to describe those visions. i saw the president's vision as trickle down government and i don't think that's what america believes in. >> overnight polls and "the denver post" give round one to romney. as a republican challenger went after the president's record. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, and economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spent his energy and passion for two years fighting for obama care instead of fighting for job
governor romney, what both are saying about their debate performance. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy, the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> last night i thought was a great opportunity for the american people...
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campaign, both concerning george w. bush and also about a vice presidential candidate. it's pawlenty, ryan, jindal, and portman. we have karl rove's pick is marco rubio. how much influence does he have? >> rove has zero influence on these folks except, of course, he heads up the super pac that's going to spend a lot of money, and that's a good thing for the romney point of view. but rove and the bushies are personas non grata, whatever the right latin is to make sure these people should stay away. rove can articulate a strong republican message, but he is not the person that romney is listening to. bush is not the person that the romney campaign wants everyone reminded of. the bush years are over. >> wayne slater, senior political writer for the dallas morning news. it's great to have you here. >> great to be leer. >> all right, new crazy conspiracy theories are cooking on the right. and they're producing, it turns out, a very, very far reaching smell. hold on. that's coming up. since becoming secretary of state in 2009
campaign, both concerning george w. bush and also about a vice presidential candidate. it's pawlenty, ryan, jindal, and portman. we have karl rove's pick is marco rubio. how much influence does he have? >> rove has zero influence on these folks except, of course, he heads up the super pac that's going to spend a lot of money, and that's a good thing for the romney point of view. but rove and the bushies are personas non grata, whatever the right latin is to make sure these people should...
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governor romney busy, too, joining paul ryan in both nevada and colorado today. the battleground has changed once again. our nbc political team has put iowa back in the toss-up column. nevada is now lean democratic. north carolina leaning republican. let's bring in democratic strategist chris cafinas and republican strategist chip saltsman. great to see you guys. hello. >> hello. >> great to be with you. >> chris, let's start with how this changing battleground map alters the strategy of both cam panes. what do the next 13 days are like when you see him leaning one way or another? how closely are these decisions being made to the time where they have to show up and be somewhere? >> you will be able to tell from the candidate's schedule and how often they go to a certain state or the next two weeks which states are in play. it is that simple. and i think what you start -- the other part you start seeing the campaign haves to start making the tough decisions, the decisions you delay and which is where you don't play, where you start shifting resources away from and
governor romney busy, too, joining paul ryan in both nevada and colorado today. the battleground has changed once again. our nbc political team has put iowa back in the toss-up column. nevada is now lean democratic. north carolina leaning republican. let's bring in democratic strategist chris cafinas and republican strategist chip saltsman. great to see you guys. hello. >> hello. >> great to be with you. >> chris, let's start with how this changing battleground map alters the...
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just yterday at the clinton global itiative, both caidat appdhor president bill clinton. you often hear president obama talking about lincoln, mitt romney talking about ronald reagan, and now "newsweek" is out with a list of the ten best presidents since 1900. sir harold evans w is author offaus "the american century" has a tribute. it's a ploesh to have you here. >> thank you, madam. >> you gaekted together ten distinguished historians. what was the criteria? >> the cteriasha k o active presidents were they. it's very interesting. the historians, all -- every single one of them chose franklin roosevelt as number one. >> why? >> best predent since theodore roosevelt in the beginning of the century. if you ask tm why he did th asivnd effective, those two things. and he had a sense of america's ideal of itself. so they took those creria. they didn't know what the others were doing. they all voted a it's interesting the top three -- around the table and discussing this. >> no, no. it was all in isolation. they locked them in a room with an ice pack and 5,000 volumes of their
just yterday at the clinton global itiative, both caidat appdhor president bill clinton. you often hear president obama talking about lincoln, mitt romney talking about ronald reagan, and now "newsweek" is out with a list of the ten best presidents since 1900. sir harold evans w is author offaus "the american century" has a tribute. it's a ploesh to have you here. >> thank you, madam. >> you gaekted together ten distinguished historians. what was the criteria?...
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both the latest sunshine state news poll and the quinnipiac poll have romney ahead. your sense of why newt is losing, why mitt is winning. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat ready, up armored mitt romney. he gave newt gingrich's tact incompete -- tactics right back at him. he was in newt's face the whole time. it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his worst moments. he was asked by wolf blitzer about a spanish language radio ad his campaign made. the ad calls romney anti-immigrant. romney seized the opportunity to go after gingrich. let's watch. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant candidate? >> of the four of us, yes. >> i'm not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my mother was born in wales. i think you should apologize it and having differences of opinions on issues does not justify labeling people with highly charged epithets. >> susan page, even when he gets mad and angry, he uses terms like highly charged epithets. i g
both the latest sunshine state news poll and the quinnipiac poll have romney ahead. your sense of why newt is losing, why mitt is winning. >> well, mitt romney came last night to do what he had to do. he was the new combat ready, up armored mitt romney. he gave newt gingrich's tact incompete -- tactics right back at him. he was in newt's face the whole time. it really had the feel of a bully being confronted by a guy who was ready for it. >> let's look at what newt said, one of his...
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krystal, both candidates mentioned women but mitt romney suddenly seems to have discovered women. is that the mitt romney you recall? >> in some ways it is because it's like he can just say, i met a woman or i have a wife, and that's going to make things okay for women, that they're going to now trust him and his policies to be there for them. in terms of actually having a set of policies that make sense for women, we didn't hear anything from that last night from mitt romney on that or president obama because it just wasn't brought up at all. so i think it is in line with his whole campaign strategy of just asserting that he is a certain way and the voting population should just trust him on that. >> joy, i hate to reference other people's broadcasts because obviously ours is the most important in the universe but -- >> other than "the cycle." >> but you have actually made the point that romney's performance was particularly designed for men, and in many ways i have read some things where people have been saying it was like a ceo conversing with a group of staff to wind them up.
krystal, both candidates mentioned women but mitt romney suddenly seems to have discovered women. is that the mitt romney you recall? >> in some ways it is because it's like he can just say, i met a woman or i have a wife, and that's going to make things okay for women, that they're going to now trust him and his policies to be there for them. in terms of actually having a set of policies that make sense for women, we didn't hear anything from that last night from mitt romney on that or...
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. >> buckeye battleground, obama and romney both in ohio tonight. the state that matters most to republicans. first, romney kicks off the day at a family farm in iowa where he will be speaking minutes from now. and the battle over big bird, the president turns his attack into a punch line and a commercial, as sesame workshop and senator john mccain cried foul over the obama campaign's new bird ad. >> elmo is -- has been seen in a white suburban he's driving for the border. oscar is hide out in his trash can. we're cracking down on them. governor romney's plan is to let wall street run wild again but he's going to bring the hammer down on sesame street. >> one thing that president obama can't run on is his record, and so big bird, i guess, is a fun thing to talk about. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama and mitt romney are heading back to ohio today in a very different situation than the last time they campaigned in the battleground state. the new pew poll know shows governor romney ahead among likely voters. it's th
. >> buckeye battleground, obama and romney both in ohio tonight. the state that matters most to republicans. first, romney kicks off the day at a family farm in iowa where he will be speaking minutes from now. and the battle over big bird, the president turns his attack into a punch line and a commercial, as sesame workshop and senator john mccain cried foul over the obama campaign's new bird ad. >> elmo is -- has been seen in a white suburban he's driving for the border. oscar is...
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and mitt romney is going to colorado. they're not going to go anywhere outside of these places. >> it's a function of how much money both campaigns have and also, the level of sophisticate, the knowledge that they have about we the voters i think is a big story here as well. let me show you something. for a flavor of what these swing state voters are seeing on the airwaves, take a look at the recent obama campaign ad attacking romney's business record. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> the chinese are smiling all the way to the bank taking our jobs and a lot of our future. i'm not willing to let that happen. >> he made a fortune letting that happen. newly published documents show mitt romney's firms were pioneers in helping companies outsource their manufacturing to countries including china. bragging they were a one-stop shop for their outsourcing requirements. mitt romney's not the solution. he's the problem. >> and for parody, let me show you a super pac commercial that's also been run on the flip side
and mitt romney is going to colorado. they're not going to go anywhere outside of these places. >> it's a function of how much money both campaigns have and also, the level of sophisticate, the knowledge that they have about we the voters i think is a big story here as well. let me show you something. for a flavor of what these swing state voters are seeing on the airwaves, take a look at the recent obama campaign ad attacking romney's business record. >> i'm barack obama and i...
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because both side now admit they're working. this is "hardball," the place for politics. down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record tourism seasons. the progress continues... but that doesn't mean our job is done. we're still committed to seeing this through. >>> mitt romney is the least like presidential candidate at the point of the campaign since bill clinton 20 years ago that's according to polling by nbc news and "the wall street journal." romney is viewed positively by just 33% of americans. 39% view him negatively and that's about where bill clinton was in the summer of 1992. of course, clinton turned things around with a series of town halls and that famous appearance where h
because both side now admit they're working. this is "hardball," the place for politics. down here, folks measure commitment by what's getting done. the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas even reported record...
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we have many more gaffes that both president obama and governor romney can make, so what you do when you make a mistake like this, you try to turn it as much as you can into your narrative and that is what mitt romney is trying to do. >> a lot can change in seven weeks. gentlemen, stick around. i want to bring in congressman tom cole republican from oklahoma and the former chairman of the rncc. good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> chris, great to be with you. >> i'm sure you've seen them. a lot of headlines this morning about how nervous republicans are. let me read to you part of what peggy noonan wrote today. i think there is a broad and growing feeling now among republicans that this thing is slipping out of romney's hands. it's time to admit the romney campaign is an incompetent one. it's not big. it's not brave. it's not thoughtfully tackling grave issues. she says it's time for an intervention. is she right, congressman? >> i don't think so. look, we're in the fourth quarter of a very close game and every play is magnified. i don't think we'll be looking back at the e
we have many more gaffes that both president obama and governor romney can make, so what you do when you make a mistake like this, you try to turn it as much as you can into your narrative and that is what mitt romney is trying to do. >> a lot can change in seven weeks. gentlemen, stick around. i want to bring in congressman tom cole republican from oklahoma and the former chairman of the rncc. good to see you, congressman. good morning. >> chris, great to be with you. >> i'm...
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they will educate you about mitt romney. not campaign ads, educational ads. lots of money is going to flow through these groups in 2012. >> the crossroads i believe is one of those groups that exists as an educational group. >> they're both. >> david, the notion, is there hope for reform after this election cycle? >> this 501-c4 is part of this. this doesn't come as a result of citizens united. this has been here. the chamber of commerce has been in this business for a long time. i don't know that we are going to see a big call for campaign finance reform. certainly neither mitt romney nor president obama has sort of said this is going to be a big clarion call for them should they get to the oval office. i do think, though, that democrats who are on the losing side of this money right now are trying to make hay of it. you saw the senate democratic campaign committee today, going to court, trying to file suit to claim that these ads that nick was just describing are not actually educational but are for the sole purpose of electing somebody or having somebody n
they will educate you about mitt romney. not campaign ads, educational ads. lots of money is going to flow through these groups in 2012. >> the crossroads i believe is one of those groups that exists as an educational group. >> they're both. >> david, the notion, is there hope for reform after this election cycle? >> this 501-c4 is part of this. this doesn't come as a result of citizens united. this has been here. the chamber of commerce has been in this business for a...
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how about the fact that both of their playbooks include linking mitt romney with george bush? check out the billboard gracing this roadside in las vegas. the message is unmistakable. ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even close. >>> as for singing, enter barack's dubs. a youtube sensation. this time as a team hit "call me baby." actually, "call me maybe." ♪ this is crazy, so call me baby ♪ ♪ have you, baby, here's my number ♪ ♪ so call me baby ♪ hey, i just met you, and this is crazy ♪ ♪ here's my number, so call me baby ♪ ♪ and here's my number, so call me baby ♪ >> that's as close to the president serenading for real. state representative joe miklosi might have thought he struck gold when a video of coffman went viral. now miklosi is blasting him for his health care speech before he joined congress. >> the reforms i'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> where was mike coffman
how about the fact that both of their playbooks include linking mitt romney with george bush? check out the billboard gracing this roadside in las vegas. the message is unmistakable. ron paul is like ronald reagan and mitt romney is like george w. bush. the latter is not meant kindly. i swear, folks, the republicans here are better than any act on the strip. it is not even close. >>> as for singing, enter barack's dubs. a youtube sensation. this time as a team hit "call me...
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romney and mr. obama have both concluded their remarks. now, those were live, just a couple blocks from here, in new york city. i'm here with w. kamau bell from "totally biased" with w. bell on fx. is this the sort of thing you score and say who was better? or is there something more important about their competing performances here? >> you know, it's like any talent competition, you have to judge several different categories. >> okay. >> both of them are funny, both of them can deliver a line. barack obama knows how to do this. i feel like barack obama is like a swiss army knife. he's got several different settings. funny barack is a very easy setting for him. >> okay. >> whereas romney has awkward romney and mean romney which is why funny romney is not a setting for him which is why he looked awkward when he was funny. >> he was funny. opening joke where he was talking about wardrobe changes on the campaign, sports coat, suit and tie for an evening event, ann and i can relax with what we wear around the house. looked very stern while del
romney and mr. obama have both concluded their remarks. now, those were live, just a couple blocks from here, in new york city. i'm here with w. kamau bell from "totally biased" with w. bell on fx. is this the sort of thing you score and say who was better? or is there something more important about their competing performances here? >> you know, it's like any talent competition, you have to judge several different categories. >> okay. >> both of them are funny, both...
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one, both around definitions of romney. interestingly enough, the obama team are trying to define obama as well, but with less success because the president's record while mixed on the economy and other thing, he's got more places to pivot to where as romney's central argument has been i created the jobs, done the business -- and that's a tougher sell when you're trying to battle the idea that you're just for the rich guy. >> howard, are there some perils here because it could get depicted as class war fair? >> i think there are. if the president and his allies end up looking like they resent wealthy people and they're going after them just for the fact that they're rich. i think that could hurt the president with some independent voters in swing state, but i can assure you with talking with some people advising the president's campaign and democrats on the hill, they're perfectly will be to take that risk because they think they've got mitt romney if not on the run, at least at a slow trot cht they don't think mitt romney'
one, both around definitions of romney. interestingly enough, the obama team are trying to define obama as well, but with less success because the president's record while mixed on the economy and other thing, he's got more places to pivot to where as romney's central argument has been i created the jobs, done the business -- and that's a tougher sell when you're trying to battle the idea that you're just for the rich guy. >> howard, are there some perils here because it could get...
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obama is up to 90% and romney 87% of republican. gh water mark for both of them and the margins among the core groups got bigger. romney is doing better with his core groups and obama did better with his core groups. we are watching the two national coalitions locking into place for the nominees and widdling down narrower in terms of how much is up. >> you bring up the role of government, people answered politically. that's a presidential split, is it not? there it is. >> the oe obama and the romney policy. >> the country split down the middle. >> democrats versus americans. everybody will want to see the issue of the economy and republicans plus six. is that a big enough lead? >> usually around plus nine you start winning campaigns. plus 6 is terrific. who handles the economy goes back and forth and it's a predictor of the direction of the cycle. to me that's the most -- one of the most important in the series and a positive for mitt romney and a positive for the republican party. >> one counter, the strongest party performance on
obama is up to 90% and romney 87% of republican. gh water mark for both of them and the margins among the core groups got bigger. romney is doing better with his core groups and obama did better with his core groups. we are watching the two national coalitions locking into place for the nominees and widdling down narrower in terms of how much is up. >> you bring up the role of government, people answered politically. that's a presidential split, is it not? there it is. >> the oe...
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both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go large. it might just work and it's not too late. what do you think, susan? does mitt romney need to take risks and go big? >> one thing is for sure. the debate this week in denver on wednesday is a big deal for the romney campaign. he has to make his case, and he has to mak his case he's a better candidate than barack obama. he has to throw some punches. he can't just kind of go in there sort of apologetically and be very gentle with obama. he has to really throw some punches and show people why he's the better candidate. i think a lot of these polls are a little bit overstated. i think the democrats have been oversampled in a lot of polls, and i don't think there's that huge of a gap between romney and obama. nonetheless, he has to make a really strong stand in the first debate
both the president and mitt romney campaigned there yesterday, and the latest poll shows the president with with a slight edge. let me bring in perry bacon and susan. good to see both of you. good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you saw what charles cr krauthhammer wrote this morning. make the case and go large. it might just work and it's not too late. what do you think, susan? does mitt romney need to take risks and go big? >> one thing is for sure. the debate this...
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meanwhile president obama and governor romney have both picked up big endorsements from florida's largest newspapers. president obama the tampa bay times and governor romney the "orlando sentinel." romney also picked up the tampa trib. ohio papers handed out sbe endorsements. "cleveland plain dealer" backing prsident obama and columbus dispatch backing romney. ballots are being cast before election day in seven of nine battleground states. virginia and new hampshire don't have early in person voting. so just moments ago president obama left camp david and they are hitting back on accusations he's failed to lay out an agenda for a second term. >> he has laid out a second term agenda. it was a big part of the convention speech. it was a reason we got such a bump out of the convention because the american people saw what a second term would mean. >> here is part of the president's second term agenda. investment in manufacturing jobs by doubling exports and closing loopholes that send jobs overseas. 100,000 new math and science teachers expanding community college around the country, cutting
meanwhile president obama and governor romney have both picked up big endorsements from florida's largest newspapers. president obama the tampa bay times and governor romney the "orlando sentinel." romney also picked up the tampa trib. ohio papers handed out sbe endorsements. "cleveland plain dealer" backing prsident obama and columbus dispatch backing romney. ballots are being cast before election day in seven of nine battleground states. virginia and new hampshire don't...
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-- and both campaigns agreed the ads with working. eugene robinson and mother jones magazine's david corn is also an msnbc political analyst and author. it tells me it's not an ad that requires the president at the end saying i'm barack obama and i approve this message. very, very successful and yet the president maintains some distance from it. >> right. the president gets to have clean hands in this while allies go after mitt romney on what he portrays as his strength. his record in business, in success. he says that qualifies me to be president. and the president's side is arguin wait a minute. let's look at what he did in business and look and see if this is the nd of experience we want in a president of the united states. >> it reminds me of governor romney's handling of his religion. it's a situation he's loathed to discuss. he'll talk about his record at creating jobs, maybe a reference to staples or some other business, but you just don't hear him address the nitty-gritty of bain. is it because he has no message that he can se
-- and both campaigns agreed the ads with working. eugene robinson and mother jones magazine's david corn is also an msnbc political analyst and author. it tells me it's not an ad that requires the president at the end saying i'm barack obama and i approve this message. very, very successful and yet the president maintains some distance from it. >> right. the president gets to have clean hands in this while allies go after mitt romney on what he portrays as his strength. his record in...
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i was struck by watching both mitt romney and barack obama. it's kind of an obvious statement i guess but leaders should lead. they don't often in this day and age in politics, but we look to them in moments like this to provide some genuine leadership that this country can come together, that we're better than these shooters, and i think both of them, to mark's point, did that quite well. >> and jennifer seger was an eyewitness. she was inside the theater when gunfire broke out just after midnight. she joins me now on the phone. jennifer, first, how are you doing? because we can imagine the shock and the emotions. >> you know, it's kind of been an emotional roller coaster, to be honest. i've just been having ups and downs. i've just been trying to be really strong for those people that have lost and have family members that are injured out there right now. i'm trying to just be a tough person for them because you know, i was lucky enough to have my life, you know, granted for me another day and that's a beautiful thing. and i just, i don't ta
i was struck by watching both mitt romney and barack obama. it's kind of an obvious statement i guess but leaders should lead. they don't often in this day and age in politics, but we look to them in moments like this to provide some genuine leadership that this country can come together, that we're better than these shooters, and i think both of them, to mark's point, did that quite well. >> and jennifer seger was an eyewitness. she was inside the theater when gunfire broke out just...
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both mitt romney and the president were talking about a lot of things directed at women and mitt romney specifically bringing up gender equality. through the arab spring. is that something that struck you? >> it did. and i think both president obama and mr. romney see foreign policy as something that women care about. and see how we treat women in other countries and our work to encourage their education and development as being an important part of the foreign policy. obama has an extensive record on this both standing with young girls like malala who are fighting for their right to education and also empowering women in a development strategy for developing countries. >> so as we break things down to look at them from gender, the latest nbc/"wall street" poll shows while they're tied, mitt romney has a ten-point lead, the president with an eight-point lead with women, what message was the president need to get to the undecided women voters with two weeks left? >> well, i think that he continues the talk about what he's been talking about throughout the race, issues of fair pay and wom
both mitt romney and the president were talking about a lot of things directed at women and mitt romney specifically bringing up gender equality. through the arab spring. is that something that struck you? >> it did. and i think both president obama and mr. romney see foreign policy as something that women care about. and see how we treat women in other countries and our work to encourage their education and development as being an important part of the foreign policy. obama has an...
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bo both lost their re-election bids in 2006. >>> michigan is being called the romney's must win state. rick santorum is trying to seize on it. >> you see a consistency in my record, you'll see it with me and what you'll not see with romney. this is one of the issues that he has been on both sides of it. for it in some and against i want in others, and explaining why he picked big banks over the auto. >> welcome to both of you, let's talk about michigan. what is the better political position? what is the better economic position for michigan? pro bailout or anti-bail out? first to you from the republican perspective? >> sure, happy to be with you. first off, let's understand, the automobile companies are producing great product, they are doing that simply because of the engineers and the folks on the line. that is why unit sales are up, it has nothing to do with the auto bail outs or the rest of it. the taxpayers and the folks to line deserve the credit for putting forth a great product and that is what they are interested? . >> mark, what say you from the democratic perspective? >> i
bo both lost their re-election bids in 2006. >>> michigan is being called the romney's must win state. rick santorum is trying to seize on it. >> you see a consistency in my record, you'll see it with me and what you'll not see with romney. this is one of the issues that he has been on both sides of it. for it in some and against i want in others, and explaining why he picked big banks over the auto. >> welcome to both of you, let's talk about michigan. what is the better...
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i think they have a favorable opinion of both. i think hillary clinton set the right tone, and the original embassy statement that becamere forget and governor romney is ingenuous about, that statement was four or five hours before any violence took place, and it was a preemptive effort to say, look, we abhor films like this. we respect religion. we have muslim americans here in the united states. we value them and cherish them. there are muslim americans that died in the twin towers. >> obama walked that statement back. >> it's set aside for daily prayer worshipping. to make that statement i think was correct. >> governor, obama eventually walked that statement back and said, it's not our position. so i'm just wondering -- >> not in our position in the wake of subsequent violence. certainly it is a position that we respect and value all religion and therefore the united states government abhors films like the film that is at controversy here. does anybody want to speak up and say that film's a great idea? >> no. i don't think so.
i think they have a favorable opinion of both. i think hillary clinton set the right tone, and the original embassy statement that becamere forget and governor romney is ingenuous about, that statement was four or five hours before any violence took place, and it was a preemptive effort to say, look, we abhor films like this. we respect religion. we have muslim americans here in the united states. we value them and cherish them. there are muslim americans that died in the twin towers. >>...
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barack obama for having the same policy as romney himself. in the war in afghanistan, romney has not reversed his former views because he is possibly new and has no former views. his views again appear almost identical to obama's, and where they're not are contradictory. that's pretty well written. i have to say, he doesn't have a place to go to the right of. >> and here is what i would say, all candidates, all candidates have things that really animate them, and things they kind of just do because they know they have to do it. in '08, mccain didn't care much about the economy. he was animated by national security and foreign policy. he said the economy is strong, he didn't have a core set of beliefs to say that doesn't make sense. what animates mitt romney is business sensibility. the economy, the private sector, that's what he believes in, that's when he talks, that's where we're getting the genuine article mitt romney. i don't think in his heart of hearts he feels passionate about all of that. >> he would be a good lobbyist for the u.s. ch
barack obama for having the same policy as romney himself. in the war in afghanistan, romney has not reversed his former views because he is possibly new and has no former views. his views again appear almost identical to obama's, and where they're not are contradictory. that's pretty well written. i have to say, he doesn't have a place to go to the right of. >> and here is what i would say, all candidates, all candidates have things that really animate them, and things they kind of just...
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thank you both. ari, mitt romney has attacked the president and his administration for their handling of this very fluid situation. now the president has responded. listen to this. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here. governor romney has a tendency to shoot first and aim later. and as president, one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. that, you know, it's important for you to make sure that the statements you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought through the ramifications before you make them. >> do you think it was irresponsible? >> i'll let the american people judge that. >> it's important for to you make sure the statements you make are backed up by the facts. he's failed miserably on that for some time. and you thought through the ramifications before you make them. what he says, he doesn't appear to have thought through any of this. >> that's right. i think what's disturbing for them, for people who follow the campaign closely, there's nothing new about
thank you both. ari, mitt romney has attacked the president and his administration for their handling of this very fluid situation. now the president has responded. listen to this. >> there's a broader lesson to be learned here. governor romney has a tendency to shoot first and aim later. and as president, one of the things i've learned is you can't do that. that, you know, it's important for you to make sure that the statements you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought...
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the president won both of those states in 2008. mitt romney said the supreme court has spoken. it's a tax and that's final. he is not ready to slap the same label on his blueprint for massachusetts. take a look. >> six years ago, mitt romney agreed that we should take on rising cost and provide health care to people. he included a penalty and a mandate in his legislation in massachusetts and said his legislation should serve as a national model. six years later he doesn't believe those things. >> kirstin, it's nice to see you. i want to start with your reaction to ben and the mixed messaging that people have been working starting from eric to mitt romney giving the interview about what he feels about the penalty being a fee or a tax. >> thanks for having me on. >> what is the message with all of this? how come it's so muled? the rnc is not demonstrating more guidance to the romney campaign on how to fire back at what the president's campaign is. >> i don't agree with the premises of your question. we believe and we have been doing a very, very good job of talking about this as
the president won both of those states in 2008. mitt romney said the supreme court has spoken. it's a tax and that's final. he is not ready to slap the same label on his blueprint for massachusetts. take a look. >> six years ago, mitt romney agreed that we should take on rising cost and provide health care to people. he included a penalty and a mandate in his legislation in massachusetts and said his legislation should serve as a national model. six years later he doesn't believe those...
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>> david, before they had both of these two candidates, mitt romney and paul ryan will begin their day here near charlotte. they have another event in north carolina and then this evening a big homecoming rally planned in wisconsin. a campaign adviser told us just a short time ago this will be the end until the convention of the two campaigning to the. they will split off. the effort is to try to maximize the impact of this new announcement, having them go to separate places to try to get better numbers in terms of fund-raising as well as bigger crowds. >> we're learning more about the back story. the secrecy behind this pick in the age of a 24-hour news cycle. what have you picked up? >> reporters are reluctant to acknowledge this, but they outwitted us in the 24-hour news cycle. the twitter news cycle. just to give you a sense, a week ago mitt romney offered his choice of paul ryan in person, it would happen in boston, massachusetts, it was determined, at the home of the senior adviser beth myers. the question was, how do you get paul ryan there without being detected by reporters? r
>> david, before they had both of these two candidates, mitt romney and paul ryan will begin their day here near charlotte. they have another event in north carolina and then this evening a big homecoming rally planned in wisconsin. a campaign adviser told us just a short time ago this will be the end until the convention of the two campaigning to the. they will split off. the effort is to try to maximize the impact of this new announcement, having them go to separate places to try to get...
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i believe they created a hundred thousand jobs just between them. >> but romney's o poents, both republicans and dem krats, point to the buy outs that failed. they serm termination of health insurance. >> and his critics argue that romney's campaign ads, bain capital and romney weren't in the business of creating jobs. >> et wilet's not try to rewrit history. romney admits money can be made by bain but says tsz not a formula that works well for investors. >> if we're success vl with good start ups and turn arounds by business, why, then we give the pension back a very nice return. and, by the way, i get paid and people in my business get paid if we do a good-bye job. >> what is accepted about his years at bain, even by democrats, is that romney rain bain capital very well. >> during the 15 years that i was there, i believe bain capital had the most successful ever. >> romney returns to bain capital. but by 1999, he is looking for a new challenge. >> boston millionaire mitt romney is the head of the organizing committee in salt lake city. >> it comes in the form of an offer to run the 2002 wi
i believe they created a hundred thousand jobs just between them. >> but romney's o poents, both republicans and dem krats, point to the buy outs that failed. they serm termination of health insurance. >> and his critics argue that romney's campaign ads, bain capital and romney weren't in the business of creating jobs. >> et wilet's not try to rewrit history. romney admits money can be made by bain but says tsz not a formula that works well for investors. >> if we're...
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and both allow romney to do a little bit of different things. the stop in germany is important for the economic argument. you've got the country that's the economic heart of europe. if there's going to be an economic recovery under romney, it's going to hinge on germany. and poland is another american ally, doesn't get talked about a lot, but factors big on the issue of russia. this is another major foreign policy issue for romney, one he loves to talk about, the idea of a resurgent russia. that message will resonate in poland as well. >> garrett hake on the road with the romney family as they vacation there in new hampshire. garrett, thank you, sir. appreciate that. >>> new documents are being released that promise to show the inner workings of the syrian regime. the group wikileaks is posting online what they call the syria files. more than the 2 million e-mails from members of the syrian ruling party and from western corporations that do business with syria. wikileaks says that the material will shed light on the inner workings of that regime
and both allow romney to do a little bit of different things. the stop in germany is important for the economic argument. you've got the country that's the economic heart of europe. if there's going to be an economic recovery under romney, it's going to hinge on germany. and poland is another american ally, doesn't get talked about a lot, but factors big on the issue of russia. this is another major foreign policy issue for romney, one he loves to talk about, the idea of a resurgent russia....
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mitt romney has both feet firmly planted on the super anti-immigrant side of this fight within the republican party. this is not a mixed bag of a ruling. this is a ruling striking down the arizona papers please law. the republican party used to have two wings on the subject of arizona. subject of immigration, excuse me. it's only within the last five years or so that the anti-immigrant side really won the fight within the republican party. the result of them winning that fight was policies like this, policies like sb 1070, and that has been gutted by a supreme court majority that included the ultra-conservative chief justice john roberts. john robert was on the anti-arizona side of the ruling. arizona has been a guinea pig on this issue for national republican politics for a long time now. now the people in charge of enforcing the law in arizona have to figure out what they're going to do next. joining us now for the interview is pima county arizona sheriff clarence dupnik, thank you for being here. i know this is a busy time for you. >> my pleasure. >> as sheriff of a county that has a large
mitt romney has both feet firmly planted on the super anti-immigrant side of this fight within the republican party. this is not a mixed bag of a ruling. this is a ruling striking down the arizona papers please law. the republican party used to have two wings on the subject of arizona. subject of immigration, excuse me. it's only within the last five years or so that the anti-immigrant side really won the fight within the republican party. the result of them winning that fight was policies like...
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and they have both talked about tougher sanctions. obama administration is moving, coordinating with the europeans on tougher sanctions against iran. even as it leaves the door open to diplomacy. i'm not sure what mitt romney can do to except escalate the military option that would differentiate, be that different than what the obama administration has done. >> we also hear that in this speech today he'll emphasize the solution of a two-state solution and when we saw that videotape of a fund-raiser earlier this year, he dismissed that. how important is that in the big picture of foreign policy? >> well, at the moment, the peace process is dead and both men also talk about a two-state solution so again i'm not sure that it's one that will really differentiate the candidates. but it is true that mitt romney has a much stronger relationship with the prime minister of israel and there's almost open hostility between president obama and benjamin netanyahu. >> it does seem that often in campaigns that we talk about the lack of foreign polic
and they have both talked about tougher sanctions. obama administration is moving, coordinating with the europeans on tougher sanctions against iran. even as it leaves the door open to diplomacy. i'm not sure what mitt romney can do to except escalate the military option that would differentiate, be that different than what the obama administration has done. >> we also hear that in this speech today he'll emphasize the solution of a two-state solution and when we saw that videotape of a...
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both governor romney and congressman ryan have endorsed the personhood amendment and human life amendments which would ban abortion in all forms, including rape or incest, and some forms of birth control, so i do think that women across the country will care about these issues in november, and, obviously, the economic issues will be at the front of everyone's minds as well. >> do you think the republicans in general, mitt romney in particular, should ask him to get off the ballot and have someone else run against claire mchaskell? >> i think ultimately, you know, senator mchaskell said that's a decision for the people of missouri. there's no doubt that when voters go to the polls in november they'll have this on the top of their minds, and they can make that decision. >> what are the things that romney-ryan will be talking about today in new hampshire? it's medicare. there's a new attack ad out today talking about the president and welfare reform. let me play a clip of that, ben, and i'll get your response on the other side. >> since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipa
both governor romney and congressman ryan have endorsed the personhood amendment and human life amendments which would ban abortion in all forms, including rape or incest, and some forms of birth control, so i do think that women across the country will care about these issues in november, and, obviously, the economic issues will be at the front of everyone's minds as well. >> do you think the republicans in general, mitt romney in particular, should ask him to get off the ballot and have...
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you and ron are both political strategists. you understand how this works and your expertise, but for the president's team, what message are they sending to the other side by continuing to pummel mitt romney in the fashion they're doing? >> one message is that mitt romney should have invested in singing lessons rather than offshoring and jobs. >> or out sourced his singing. >> you remember going back to the 2000, 2004 campaign. gore and kerry both had problems because they weren't really comfortable with voters. when you compare the swooners if you will, the romney singing and obama singing and ask yourself who is a guy i'd rather have a beer with, most would say obama rather than romney. more importantly, what they're saying is look on this offshoring, there is more there to the story. if you look at otis media, gs technologies, there's lot of cases in which romney when he was head of bain capital, was investing in companies that were either offshoring jobs or closing down. i think what obama is saying is take away that 1999 t
you and ron are both political strategists. you understand how this works and your expertise, but for the president's team, what message are they sending to the other side by continuing to pummel mitt romney in the fashion they're doing? >> one message is that mitt romney should have invested in singing lessons rather than offshoring and jobs. >> or out sourced his singing. >> you remember going back to the 2000, 2004 campaign. gore and kerry both had problems because they...
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both the republican primary and since. but he should expect president obama to be an effective communique' tore in a town hall type of setting. >> are you disappointed you won't be there? you came so close. >> no, no. i'm fortunate to be in the united states senate. i never thought i'd get there. it's a critical time for our country and one thing that came out tonight that was probably as important as the policy discussions is the fact that we need to figure out how to find the same ground. i think governor romney understands you got to find solutions. >> senator portman, thainch. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> all right, thanks to lawrence o'donnell for that great interview with senator rob portman, a sparring partner and an effective one. >>> previewing tomorrow's headlines, how will they cast round one of romney/obama. msnbc's live coverage of the first presidential debate, live from denver. overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed,
both the republican primary and since. but he should expect president obama to be an effective communique' tore in a town hall type of setting. >> are you disappointed you won't be there? you came so close. >> no, no. i'm fortunate to be in the united states senate. i never thought i'd get there. it's a critical time for our country and one thing that came out tonight that was probably as important as the policy discussions is the fact that we need to figure out how to find the same...
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and what's become priority number one for both presidential campaigns, winning over women. we'll talk with the executive director of that group that brought mitt romney those binders full of women. we'll ask, is it a big bird moment in the campaign or a sign of something deeper? and that nightmare scenario on election day. what happens in the battle for the white house if there is a 269-269 electoral college tie? we'll have that. ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insuran
and what's become priority number one for both presidential campaigns, winning over women. we'll talk with the executive director of that group that brought mitt romney those binders full of women. we'll ask, is it a big bird moment in the campaign or a sign of something deeper? and that nightmare scenario on election day. what happens in the battle for the white house if there is a 269-269 electoral college tie? we'll have that. ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male...
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good morning, both of you. ron, florida, as you know, seems like ground zero for this battle. we've been talking about florida all season. mitt romney was there yesterday. key point, voters 65 years and older. so 23% of the electorate. and is it just as simple for democrats, just to use the line here, they want to change medicare as we know it and seniors run from that? >> well, yeah. it's an important issue in both florida and other states that are very old demographically. there's a lot of upsites for the ryan pick. the upside is, they are going to win if the issue at the end of the day is the economy. jobs, jobs, jobs. right now, the debate has come down to medicare, medicare, medicare. that's not where republicans want to be fighting this campaign. >> ann, this is exactly the point. we were looking at google trends and over the last two days the word medicare in news articles has jumped by seven times. the word economy has gone down by about 70%. this is not what the republicans want to hear. >> i'm surprised it's only seven times. but even if it's not what they wanted to
good morning, both of you. ron, florida, as you know, seems like ground zero for this battle. we've been talking about florida all season. mitt romney was there yesterday. key point, voters 65 years and older. so 23% of the electorate. and is it just as simple for democrats, just to use the line here, they want to change medicare as we know it and seniors run from that? >> well, yeah. it's an important issue in both florida and other states that are very old demographically. there's a lot...
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that's real caring for people. >> as both of you know, mitt romney's 47% comments have been the focus of three attack ads and now, one labor union is add tog that a series of new videos, including sanitation workers who actually picked up mitt romney's trash from his home in california. >> my name is richard hayes and i pick up mitt romney's trash. when i'm 55, 60 years old, i know my body's going to break down. i don't know mitt romney doesn't care about that. zbr and one of the stars of another video in that series is joan raymonday, president of ask me local 127. thanks for joining us. good morning. >> how are you? >> i'm well. that video has more than a million views on youtube so far. the message is pretty harsh. do you think it's fair? >> i think it, richard hayes is speaking from the heart. i think it's more than fair. we think that mitt romney is out of touch with regular working folk like richard hayes. and he is doesn't care about the 47%. he wants to gut public workers. but we're not the problem. to us, the problem is these big tax policies that gives breaks for the super r
that's real caring for people. >> as both of you know, mitt romney's 47% comments have been the focus of three attack ads and now, one labor union is add tog that a series of new videos, including sanitation workers who actually picked up mitt romney's trash from his home in california. >> my name is richard hayes and i pick up mitt romney's trash. when i'm 55, 60 years old, i know my body's going to break down. i don't know mitt romney doesn't care about that. zbr and one of the...
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later tonight, as mentioned, president obama and governor romney will both appear at the legendary al smith dinner in new york where they're supposed to go from throwing bows to jokes at each other, which could not awkward considering by all accounts these meent do not and why some pro-life activists tried to get the president uninvited. speaking of not liking someone, why one of the romney boys would say that he was prepared to slug after making that comment. on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealth
later tonight, as mentioned, president obama and governor romney will both appear at the legendary al smith dinner in new york where they're supposed to go from throwing bows to jokes at each other, which could not awkward considering by all accounts these meent do not and why some pro-life activists tried to get the president uninvited. speaking of not liking someone, why one of the romney boys would say that he was prepared to slug after making that comment. on gasoline. i am probably going...
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on the final night of both conventions, here's what the parties presented. at 10:02 vice president joe biden was in a full lath, he often is. let's listen. >> america is not in decline. i've good news for governor romney and ryan, gentlemen, it never makes sense, it's never been a good bet to bet against the american people. >> anyway, meanwhile the week before, here's what republicans were presenting to new york audiences at 10:04 on their big night. let's listen. >> i've got mr. obama sitting here. what? what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're crazy. you're absolutely crazy. >> you know, ron, i've always given credit to your party for competence in putting these shows on. you have the balloon drop where the balloons drop on time. you've really good at this stuff, but this year when you only had an hour of primetime tv on the networks of nbc, cbs and abc, you put on clint eastwood. the other guys put on the up up man for the president, joe biden. i think you lost some of your luster in this business.
on the final night of both conventions, here's what the parties presented. at 10:02 vice president joe biden was in a full lath, he often is. let's listen. >> america is not in decline. i've good news for governor romney and ryan, gentlemen, it never makes sense, it's never been a good bet to bet against the american people. >> anyway, meanwhile the week before, here's what republicans were presenting to new york audiences at 10:04 on their big night. let's listen. >> i've got...
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to both groups on the campaign trail and tv ads and interview with the denver post romney tried to soft somebody of his previously hardline immigration rhetoric saying he would honor president obama's order providing amnesty to the children of illegal immigrants. ann romney stressed the softer side of mitt. >> in colorado you know you need someone that has compassion, and that has the capacity to understand what people are going through, to have the solutions and get the job done. >> at times the attempts to court these voters has been even more ob see kwee yes. >>. >> i love you women! >> but has the damage already been done? in a new article in the national journal ron brownstein writes with one key voting block noncollege educated white women. or as brown stein refers to them as waitress moms. through a targeted and sustained appeal to working women on display in obama ads like this one the incumbent has been particularly effective and brown stein's piece he writes democrats say blue collar women have been the principle and most receptive target for their extended ad barrage portrayi
to both groups on the campaign trail and tv ads and interview with the denver post romney tried to soft somebody of his previously hardline immigration rhetoric saying he would honor president obama's order providing amnesty to the children of illegal immigrants. ann romney stressed the softer side of mitt. >> in colorado you know you need someone that has compassion, and that has the capacity to understand what people are going through, to have the solutions and get the job done....
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-- and both campaigns agreed the ads with working. eugene robinson and mother jones magazine's david corn is also an msnbc political analyst and author. it tells me it's not an ad that requires the president at the end saying i'm barack obama and i approve this message. very, very successful and yet the president maintains some distance from it. >> right. the president gets to have clean hands in this while allies go after mitt romney on what he portrays as his rength. his record in business, in success. he says that qualifies me to be president. and the president's side is arguing, wait a minute. let's look at what he did in business and look and see if this is the kind of experience we want in a president of the united states. >> it reminds me of governor romney's handling of his religion. it's a situation he's loathed to discuss. he'll talk about his record at creating jobs, maybe a reference to staples or some other business, but you just don't hear him address the nitty-gritty of bain. is it because he has no message that he can
-- and both campaigns agreed the ads with working. eugene robinson and mother jones magazine's david corn is also an msnbc political analyst and author. it tells me it's not an ad that requires the president at the end saying i'm barack obama and i approve this message. very, very successful and yet the president maintains some distance from it. >> right. the president gets to have clean hands in this while allies go after mitt romney on what he portrays as his rength. his record in...
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also work with both houses of congress. republicans and democrats. institute free market reforms and replace obama care. that's the main message we are hearing out of the romney camp. we need to have competition in health care and take the government out of the way between the patient and their doctor and let people make their own choices and shop across state lines. that's the message we hear out of the campaign, day in and day out. >> we heard from everybody over the weekend and super peeker boehner about the fact that this was a tax. take a listen. >> this has to be ripped out by its roots. this is government taking over the entire health insurance industry. the american pple do not want to go down this path. >> as we hear the republican leadership saying they have a problem with the affordable health care act, what is the right going to do now that the romney campaign and mitt romney himself are at odds over how they want to move forward with this message and do not feel that this is a tax. they think it's a penalty like what was instituted in ma
also work with both houses of congress. republicans and democrats. institute free market reforms and replace obama care. that's the main message we are hearing out of the romney camp. we need to have competition in health care and take the government out of the way between the patient and their doctor and let people make their own choices and shop across state lines. that's the message we hear out of the campaign, day in and day out. >> we heard from everybody over the weekend and super...
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both president obama and mitt romney spoke at the clinton global initiative up in new york today and that's ahead. they're all genuflecting to the big guy, elvis. he's back. watching "hardball," the place for politics. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, if you are one of the he bewns of men presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... onra ould lge and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing andpplication sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if u see unexpeedns arub ih or, signs in a woman which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. men with breast cancer or who have or might have prostate cancer, and women who are, or may become pregnant or are breast feeding shod not use
both president obama and mitt romney spoke at the clinton global initiative up in new york today and that's ahead. they're all genuflecting to the big guy, elvis. he's back. watching "hardball," the place for politics. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, if you are one of the he bewns of men presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement...
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and i think at this point mitt romney has sacrificed both. >> how should the romney campaign have reacted the situation? >> i think they should have done, i think, what barack obama would have done if mitt romney were president. i can easily imagine him saying americans were attacked, republicans were attacked, democrats were attacked, the idea of america was attacked. and at this solemn time, including 10 libyans who were killed and wounded, that this is a time to stand strong, and that would have been the kind of leadership that mitt romney often talks about. but whenever he delves into foreign policy, he doesn't make it come together. >> let's take a look at a fascinating chart about the online conversation volume on this subject, and the sentiment involved with mitt romney. we're putting it on the big board up there. and it shows you that starting around 9:00 a.m., this becomes the online conversation in america, peaking around 12:15 p.m. the romney public statement to the microphones there was around 10:30 or so. and if you look at it, everything is trending downward and negative. jo
and i think at this point mitt romney has sacrificed both. >> how should the romney campaign have reacted the situation? >> i think they should have done, i think, what barack obama would have done if mitt romney were president. i can easily imagine him saying americans were attacked, republicans were attacked, democrats were attacked, the idea of america was attacked. and at this solemn time, including 10 libyans who were killed and wounded, that this is a time to stand strong, and...
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and you know, to steve's point, yeah, there have been gaffs by mitt romney, but the fact of the matter is that when it comes to results, the results for this president are just not good. >> john feehery, steve mcmahon, good to see both of you. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >>> also in the news this morning, royal officials say prince william and kate are happy that a court has banned a french magazine from publishing any more topless photos of the duchess and they ordered the magazine to hand over all of the original photos within 24 hours. the prosecutors office says it's opening a separate criminal case against the magazine and the photographer who took those pictures. >>> the fbi is investigating a phony hijacking scare at jfk international. police say the airport got a call yesterday afternoon claiming a hijacker and explosives were aboard two planes landing at that time. an american airlines jet and fin air flight were moved to an isolated area and searched. you can hear the pilot's frustration with air traffic control. he had no idea what was going on. >> okay, we're surrou
and you know, to steve's point, yeah, there have been gaffs by mitt romney, but the fact of the matter is that when it comes to results, the results for this president are just not good. >> john feehery, steve mcmahon, good to see both of you. thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >>> also in the news this morning, royal officials say prince william and kate are happy that a court has banned a french magazine from publishing any more topless photos of the duchess and they...